Ponzu

Basic recipes

Ponzu recipe

I cooked Ponzu.Ponzu is citrus fresh-containing ponzu soy sauce.In brief, it is sour soy sauce.Ponzu sauce is common for shabu shabu.It is very very delicious.Lately, a variety called the Japanese style, which is served with grated daikon radish and ponzu sauce (soy sauce containing citrus juice), has gained popularity.

Ingredients

200cc soy sauce

1 lime(500cc lime juice)

100cc vinegar

60cc mirin(sweet sake)

1 tsp sugar

15g dried bonito

2 inch × 2 inch kobu seawood

Directions

Squeeze a lime.It is juice of 50cc in approximately one.

Put the measured-out soy sauce and vinegar and mirin and sugar into a pot.Turn on the heat medium high.

When it starts to simmer,turn off the heat.Add the kobu and dried bonito,then allow to set for 10 minutes.

Add squeeze lime and stir with a chopsticks.Mellow it for one day.

After a day,strain with a wet paper towel on the bottom of general-purpose strainer.